Friday, January 14, 2011

Gokarna and the Nirvana Cafe

Jeff and I arrived at the heavenly Nirvana Cafe yesterday morning after a grueling 14 hour bus ride from Mysore. Gokarna is located in the northwest part of the state of Karnataka, along the Indian Ocean.  The city has a couple of beaches.  We took an autorickshaw from the bus stand to Om Beach, and after hiking along the beach, settled into a beach shack at the Nirvana Cafe.

The view to the left from our place.

The view to the right. You can see the groups of Indian boys that filled the water, shrieking as they played.

Our beach shack.

Jeff enjoying breakfast this morning, with a beautiful ocean view.

The beautiful walkways around the Nirvana Cafe.

The front of the Nirvana Cafe

Us getting some great Kindle time in.  We LOVE our kindles!!


Our no frills shack, with a rock-hard mattress/pad. But we can hear the waves from inside.  It feels like camping.

The cows are even on the beaches here!

The sunset last night
It is so peaceful here, I can understand how people get sucked into staying longer than planned. Gokarna is becoming more popular as the hippies from Goa find that Goa is becoming more commercialized. Thankfully for us we haven't heard any didgeridoos yet or seen any drum circles! That is still more common in Goa. We will probably stay here another day or two before heading to see more of India's history in the ruins of Hampi.
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4 comments:

  1. Heather EliseJanuary 17, 2011 at 9:33 AM

    I think this would be my favorite part so far! I love that cows are all over there! Here you see squirrels on the beaches! ...nice change of pace! ;)

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2011 at 11:31 AM

    cowabunga! my friend alexis & i tried adding that last weekend, but didn't realize i had to follow the blog to post...it's been great reading about your travels & seeing the pictures--good job with the posts. keep having a wonderful time, & i hope there's no cirque du solame at the conclusion.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 24, 2011 at 9:05 AM

    How Beautiful! SO awesome to see you guys having a great time. I'm definitely living vicariously through your blog. haha

    angela

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  4. Jeff McCluskeyDecember 2, 2011 at 7:47 AM

    Hey everyone, We don't have contact info. We were there almost a year ago, and we walked up to the place, and got a room. This is a personal blog created for ourselves and our family. Please look elsewhere for travel assistance.

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